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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the book of

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Jeremiah, chapters 32 and 33. Chapter 32. The

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word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the

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tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which

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was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. For

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then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem,

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and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court

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of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's

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house. For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him

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up, saying, Why do you prophesy and say, Thus

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says the Lord, Behold, I will give this city

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into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he

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shall take it. And Zedekiah king of Judah shall

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not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but

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shall surely be delivered into the hand of the

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king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face

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to face, and see him eye to eye. Then he shall

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lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall

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be until i visit him says the lord though you

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fight with the chaldeans you shall not succeed

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And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came

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to me, saying, Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shalom,

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your uncle, will come to you, saying, Buy my

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field, which is in Anatoth, for the right of

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redemption is yours to buy it. Then Hanamel,

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my uncle's son, came to me in the court of the

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prison, according to the word of the Lord, and

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said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anatoth,

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which is in the country of Benjamin, for the

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right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption

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yours. Buy it for yourself. Then I knew that

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this was the word of the Lord. So I bought the

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field from Hanumah, the son of my uncle, which

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was in Anatoth, and weighed out to him the money,

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seventeen shekels of silver. And I signed the

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deed and sealed it, took witnesses and weighed

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the money on the scales. So I took the purchased

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deed, both that which was sealed according to

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the law and custom, and that which was open.

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And I gave the purchased deed to Baruch, the

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son of Neriah, son of Maaseah. in the presence

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of Hanamel, my uncle's son, and in the presence

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of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed

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before all the Jews who sat in the court of the

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prison. Then I charged Baruch before them, saying,

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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

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Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which

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is sealed and this deed which is open, and put

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them in an earthen vessel, that they may last

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many days. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the

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God of Israel, Houses and fields and vineyards

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shall be possessed again in this land. Now when

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I had delivered the purchased deed to Baruch,

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the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying,

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Ah, Lord God, behold, you have made the heavens

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and the earth by your great power an outstretched

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arm. There is nothing too hard for you. You show

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loving kindness to thousands and repay the iniquity

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of the fathers into the bosom of their children

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after them. The great, the mighty God, whose

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name is the Lord of hosts. You are great in counsel

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and mighty in work, for your eyes are open. to

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all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone

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according to his ways and according to the fruit

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of his doings. You have set signs and wonders

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in the land of Egypt to this day and in Israel

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and among other men, and you have made yourself

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a name, as it is this day. You have brought your

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people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs

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and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched

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arm, and with great terror. You have given them

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this land, of which you swore to their fathers

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to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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And they came in and took possession of it, but

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they have not obeyed your voice or walked in

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your law. They have done nothing of all that

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you commanded them to do. Therefore you have

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caused all this calamity to come upon them. Look,

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the siege mounds, they have come to the city

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to take it. And the city has been given into

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the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against

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it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence.

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What you have spoken has happened, there you

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see it. And you have said to me, O Lord God,

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buy the field for money and take witnesses. Yet

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the city has been given into the hand of the

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Chaldeans. Then the word of the Lord came to

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Jeremiah, saying, Behold, I am the Lord, the

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God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard

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for me? Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold,

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I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans,

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into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

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and he shall take it. And the Chaldeans who fight

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against this city shall come and set fire to

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this city and burn it, with the houses on whose

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roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured

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out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke

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me to anger. Because the children of Israel and

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the children of Judah have done only evil before

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me from their youth. For the children of Israel

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have provoked me only to anger with the work

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of their hands, says the Lord. For this city

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has been to me a provocation of my anger and

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my fury from the day that they built it, even

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to this day. So I will remove it from before

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my face. Because of all the evil of the children

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of Israel and the children of Judah, which they

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have done to provoke me to anger. They, their

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kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets,

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the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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And they have turned to me the back and not the

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face. Though I taught them, rising up early and

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teaching them, yet they have not listened to

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receive instruction. But they set their abominations

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in the house which is called by my name, to defile

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it. And they built the high places of Baal, which

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are in the valley of the son of Hinnom. to cause

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their sons and their daughters to pass through

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the fire to Molech, which I did not command them,

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nor did it come into my mind that they should

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do this abomination to cause Judah to sin. Now

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therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,

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concerning this city of which you say, it shall

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be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon

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by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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Behold, I will gather them out of all countries

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where I have driven them, into my anger, in my

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fury, and in great wrath. I will bring them back

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to this place, and I will cause them to dwell

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safely. They shall be my people, and I will be

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their God. Then I will give them one heart and

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one way, that they may fear me forever, for the

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good of them and their children after them. And

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I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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that i will not turn away from doing them good

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but i will put my fear into their hearts so that

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they will not depart from me yes i will rejoice

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over them to do them good and i will assuredly

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plant them in this land with all my heart and

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with all my soul for thus says the lord just

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as i have brought all this great calamity on

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this people so i will bring on them all the good

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that i have promised them And fields will be

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bought in this land of which you say it is desolate,

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without man or beast. It has been given into

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the hand of the Chaldeans. Men will buy fields

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for money, sign deeds, and seal them, and take

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witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the places

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around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in

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the cities of the mountains, in the cities of

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the lowland, and in the cities of the south.

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For I will cause their captives to return, says

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the Lord. chapter thirty three moreover the word

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of the lord came to jeremiah a second time while

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he was still shut up in the court of the prison

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saying thus says the lord who made it the lord

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who formed it to establish it the lord is his

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name call to me and i will answer you and show

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you great and mighty things which you do not

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know for thus says the lord the god of israel

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concerning the houses of this city and the houses

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of the kings of judah which have been pulled

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down to fortify against the siege mounds and

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the sword. They come to fight with the Chaldeans,

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but only to fill their places with the dead bodies

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of men, whom I will slay in my anger and my fury,

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all for whose wickedness I have hidden my face

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from this city. Behold, I will bring it health

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and healing. I will heal them and reveal to them

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the abundance of peace and truth, and I will

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cause the captives of Judah and the captives

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of Israel to return, as at the first. I will

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cleanse them from all their iniquity by which

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they have sinned against me, and I will pardon

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all their iniquities by which they have sinned

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and by which they have transgressed against me.

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Then it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise,

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and an honor before all nations of the earth,

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who shall hear all the good that I do to them.

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They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness

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and all the prosperity that I provide for it.

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Thus says the Lord, Again there shall be heard

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in this place of which you say it is desolate,

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without man and without beast, in the cities

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of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem, that are

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desolate without man and without inhabitant and

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without beast, the voice of joy and the voice

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of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and

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the voice of the bride, the voice of those who

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will say, Praise the Lord of hosts, for the Lord

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is good, for his mercy endures forever. And of

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those who will bring the sacrifice of praise

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into the house of the Lord. For I will cause

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the captives of the land to return as at the

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first, says the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts,

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In this place, which is desolate without man

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and without beast, and in all its cities, there

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shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds,

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causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities

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of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland,

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in the cities of the south, in the land of Benjamin,

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in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities

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of Judah. The flocks shall again pass under the

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hands of him who counts them, says the Lord.

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Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that

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I will perform that good thing which I have promised

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to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

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In those days and at that time I will cause to

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grow up to David a branch of righteousness. He

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shall execute judgment and righteousness in the

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earth. In those days Judah will be saved and

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Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the

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name by which she will be called, the Lord our

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righteousness. For thus says the Lord, David

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shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of

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the house of Israel, nor shall the priests, the

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Levites, lack a man to offer burnt offerings

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before me, to kindle green offerings, and to

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sacrifice continually. And the word of the Lord

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came to Jeremiah, saying, Thus says the Lord,

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If you can break my covenant with the day and

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my covenant with the night, so that there will

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not be day and night in their season, that my

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covenant may also be broken with David my servant,

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so that he shall not have a son to reign on his

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throne and with the Levites, the priests, my

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ministers. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,

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nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply

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the descendants of David my servant and the Levites

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who minister to me. Moreover the word of the

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Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Have you not considered

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what these people have spoken, saying, The two

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families which the Lord has chosen, he has also

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cast them off. Thus they have despised my people,

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as if they should no more be a nation before

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them. Thus says the Lord, If my covenant is not

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with day and night, and if I have not appointed

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the ordinances of heaven and earth, then I will

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cast away the descendants of Jacob and David

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my servant. so that I will not take any of his

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descendants to be rulers over the descendants

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of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for I will cause

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their captives to return and will have mercy

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on them. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as

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much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey. God

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bless you and have a great day.